Thanks so much everyone, I will certainly look for that book.
I will certainly try with the real life maths too, thanks for that suggestion, though he has been "allergic' to maths recently and not keen. I think with all this though he is having to think about his attitude a bit so hopefully things might change for the better.

Originally Posted by master of none
But so far, our solution is just to offer her more and higher math and let her fill in the gaps. She seems to like math best when she does that.

Yes this is what I think we are heading towards as well. I hope the ALEKS thing will work out, have to see if the school agrees.

Thanks!